TassieTiger wrote:I’ve got an ultrasonic cleaner and it’s okay - not great...
Anyone tried these cheap as tumblers?
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5KG-3KG-Rot ... 9-YovZwYoA
Stix wrote:I didnt even know there were different sized pins available...so i use whatever my tumbler came with...1mm dia x 10mm long from memory...
I do 204, 22-250 & 308 with them...
TassieTiger wrote:I’ve got an ultrasonic cleaner and it’s okay - not great...
Anyone tried these cheap as tumblers?
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5KG-3KG-Rot ... 9-YovZwYoA
deanp100 wrote:TassieTiger wrote:I’ve got an ultrasonic cleaner and it’s okay - not great...
Anyone tried these cheap as tumblers?
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5KG-3KG-Rot ... 9-YovZwYoA
I have that exact tumbler. It has changed my life. It does a fabulous job for next to no dollars. I use car wash with citric acid and the brass comes out very shiny. Initially had a bit of an issue with tarnishing but I now dump them into a towel to roughly dry and then give them a spray with wd40 and then ruffle them in the towel again and there is enough of a coating to stop tarnishing. One tip though, fill the barrel with water completely as it needs that weight to hold it down on the rubber wheels . If you use less water it slips on the drive wheel.
Cheers
Deano
on_one_wheel wrote:How do you find a 3 kilo size?
Will the 3 kilo comfortably take 50 x 308 / 253 cases?
I'm yet to decide between 3 and 5 kilos, I won't be cleaning more than 50 at a time.
sungazer wrote:Give Mark Granger a message on Australian Reloading and Trade he was importing a really good tumbler for about that price. he was not making much on them at all. I use a Aus converted KT 2000 the 5 kg version much better than the 3. They really are the way to go. The KT's are cheap and they do have problems here and there or sometimes so it is probably wise to buy a quality one that will really last.
sungazer wrote:I had a 3kg one and I dont think it took the 50 308 cases easily. I would say just. The 3 kg one is also much harder to use. The opening is hard to get your hand in and out of. My 3 kg one could not hold as many pins worst of all it broke after maybe just a year.
I then purchased a 5kg one and it really is much better, stronger and will take the 50 308 cases without a problem. You dont want all the cases and pins jammed in there. The units work much better with some space so everything can mix and move easily.
Ziad wrote:Question regarding the 3 or 5kg ones. How many pins do you put in the jar and anyone got a link for good pins on Ebay
deanp100 wrote:Ziad wrote:Question regarding the 3 or 5kg ones. How many pins do you put in the jar and anyone got a link for good pins on Ebay
I just use the ball bearings they sent and I tip,them all in. With the barrel on its end they are probably an inch deep.
gordicans wrote:deanp100 wrote:Ziad wrote:Question regarding the 3 or 5kg ones. How many pins do you put in the jar and anyone got a link for good pins on Ebay
I just use the ball bearings they sent and I tip,them all in. With the barrel on its end they are probably an inch deep.
Wondering though if the ball bearing ones will clean out the primer pockets as well as the little stainless steel pins? ie the ball bearings aren't going to get into the corners of the primer part of the case etc like the pins will. But hell the stainless pins are pretty expensive though ... cheapest I've found is the $45 for 1kg from Saphire.
gordicans wrote:thanks for the feedback sungazer. I've researched this topic over the last couple of days and there is no question...wet tumbling with stainless steal pins is vastly superior by a huge margin to either the dry corn cob tumblers or the sonic cleaning method.
What is odd is how no gun shops in Australia have cottoned on to this and simply don't provide any type of wet tumbling package to the local market, a type of cleaning which is obviously way superior to the other two forms of cartridge cleaning. I mean wtf? Are they asleep at the wheel? You'd think it would be a no brainer from a retailer's point of view. Just as astonishing is that a relatively small jewelry outfit in Glenn Innes (http://www.aussiesapphire.com.au) is way ahead of any Australian gun shop in marketing this type of product to Australian shooters
Mark wrote:These are the pins i use, from .222 to 300wm no dramas
https://www.gemworld.com.au/products/mo ... t-1kg-pins
Ziad wrote:Hey I have an ultrasonic tbh I am rather happy with my mixture. Sure it doesn't look shiny but it cleans in 7 minutes.
Hence I am unsure why I wanna try a tumbler..... lol